I've said it once and I'll say it again. HI POINT FIREARMS, regardless of their low cost are NOT junk guns! They don't belong in the same catagory of the real junk guns like RG (Rohm Gunworks), Bryco/Jennings, or Raven.
Hi Points may be big & bulky, ugly to some, BUT,....THEY ARE RELIABLE AND THEY WORK!
I'm also the proud owner of an H&R 223 Handi Rifle. A lot of gun snobs don't like the H&R/NEF line of single shot rifles, they claim they're junk. If H&R/NEF is a junk gun company why did MARLIN FIREARMS buy the company in 2000? Why did REMINGTON buy MARLIN FIREARMS & H&R 1871 this year and continue production of those so-called junk rifles?
All I know is my HI POINT C9 9mm pistol is a good shooter and so is my 995 carbine. As for my H&R 223 Handi Rifle, I can hit my target. What's not to like about that?